Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-06-11

ATTENTION. The members of
Washington Lodge, No. /, Knights of
Pythias. are earnestly requested to be
present at their next meeting, Tuesday,
the 14th inst, at o'clock sharp. Bust
ness of Importance demands your inn
mediate attention. BY order OF
JACOB WHITsoN, G. c.,
D. III. DARBY, K. of II. ~ 5.
Wearable, seasonable, sensible clothing
for the lean or stout, short or tall, yonng
or old. \ dollar here goes as far as a half
more goes elsewhere. One word for it,
that is of some account. If you have little
money or much money, we can give you
its worth. J. Brafman, Manager,
BALTIC. Clothing House
NO VACATION PLANS THIS YEAR.
The summertime is coming,
The balmy spring departs,
The humble bee is cumming
About the bleeding hearts.
The straw hats blooming gaiy,
The merry kitelets soar,
And the editor mourns daily
For the spring poets gore.
ANOTHER of Berkeley county's
promising and energetic young men,
Mr.. /. W. Wood, has located in Kan
sas. He was always on hand to assist
any enterprise started, was an earnest
and conscientious teacher, and we feel
assured that he will meet that success
which he so richly deserves. We wish
him great and lasting prosperity in the
land of open prairies and devastating
cyclones.
THE following program will be rem
dered by the M. G. Band at $50 O'Clock
p. M, on next Tuesday night, in the
public square.
.:-PROGRAM. -.
Overture "Nabucodonosor'. ...... Verdi
Selection from Opera "Erminie"
Observation-Disclosures. JakoSowoki
Waltz "Trinity College, Missud
Euphonium Solo Rocked in the cradle
of the deep ..,............... Robinson
G.. NJ. Hoke.
Serenade .................... schubert
ATTACKED BY A BULL.-Mr. John
T. Morrison, of Falling Waters Dis
trict, came near being fatally injured
by an Infatuated bull, this week. He
was riding through the field when the
animal attacked his horse and the sad
die slipping off, Mr.. T. accompanied it
to the ground. The steer than charged
on him, but by the vigorous use of an
umbrella, the beast was kept away.
Mr.. M. IS injuries were slight, but very
painful.
AT meeting of the school board on
Monday night steps were taken to car
ry out the order of the Council in refer
erence to LAYING pavemeDts in front OF
Grammar School and along the Srd
Ward school yard on College ST., and
Messrs Colston and Fisher were ap-
pointed committee to have same done.
statesman.
If the council was as eager to make
owners of pavements on our main
streets, lay theirs, it would be more
commemorate. Such discrimination and
partial enforcement of the pavement
ordinance, is anything else but just.
CASE SETTLED. Mr.. j. N. Wisner
attorney for G. G. Getzandanner, has
received through Messrs. Faulkner &
Ingle, attorneys for the Phoenix Insur.
ance Company, draft for the face of
the policy, in full settlement for losses
sustained by the burning of his barn in
November, 1885. The suit was origin
ally brought in the Circuit Court of this
County, but was removed by the de-
PENDANT to the Circuit Court of the
United States, where it was pending at
time of settlement. Thus ends tedi-
GUS law suit to the credit and vindica-
ton of both plaintiff and defendant.
Thursday Emanuel Cump, who was
convicted in Hagerstown recently of
mruder in the second degree for shoot
ing his brother Carlisle, was sentenced
to eighteen years imprisonment in the
Penitentiary. This is the extreme
penalty allowed by law. When sentence
was pronounced the prisoner protest.
ed his innocence and begged the Court
to be lenient.
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